Task 4: The Pitch
Start thinking about your ideas for the opening sequence of
your film plot in the form of a pitch.
Thriller
Navy seal shot dead by Syrian terrorists but his company refuses
to forgive + forget.
Romantic Comedy
Strict family discuss arranged marriage for their daughter
and find perfect man online. They start talking to each other and they start to
like each other. They fall in love. Then when they go to get marriage they find
out that the man is actually a women but the daughter does not care as she
knows that she will be nicer than her husband so she marries her and they live
happily ever after.
Horror
A teenage boy is diagnosed with schizophrenia counts to 10
when he is anxious but he can never go further than 3 because of the voices in
his head keep talking to him and as he goes further in his count the voices get
stronger/dominant each time and because of the voices he goes psycho and starts
harming himself and others around him. It is because three years before this he
witnessed a murder and that murder happened 03:33 (time).
Research
Our film idea is based on the urban myth of slender man
which is a myth about a tall dark man in a business suit who has no face that
kills children under the age of 16. He is known to be found in highly wooded
areas and usually appears at night. He has no known weaknesses and cannot be
stopped. He distorts electronic equipment when he is close to it and causes his
victims to descend into madness before killing them. The myth originated from
German folk lore as children would disappear after informing there parents of a
tall figure following them about near the woods. The legend has spread and
sightings and tape recordings of people seeing him raises all the more
suspicion to his existence making the fact he could be real even scarier.
People who have become the slender man’s victims have been said to have
gruesome nightmares and become dizzy and develop insomnia from the sheer fear
of being attacked by him. One way to summon the slender man is to draw a circle
with a cross through it which provokes him to hunt you down and kill you.
( Sourced from: UrbanLegendsOnline.com)
actual story line of our opening sequence
Opening of
the film starts with the convention titles, which show the production company,
director, main stars and then we will include the title of the film;
Divergence, and the definition of what Divergence is. The story opens with a
master shot of a suburban house in which four 15/16-year-old students listening
to a video/audio clip of a paranormal experience involving the urban legend,
slender man that occurred in the woods near the house. The film is set around
Halloween time and the students are planning on going into the woods trying to
find out if the myth is true or false. As the one student is listening to the
tape another is drawing a symbol on a piece of paper. This symbol in the myth
is said to summon the slender man. As the student is about to put a cross
through the symbol another student knocks the pencil out his hand and tells him
to hurry up and help them set up the video camera. There is a cut to a SPOV of
the camera as they are trying to set it up and one of the student’s presses
record. Through the SPOV of the camera, there is a brief distortion of the
video/audio and a quick glance at tentacles/hands in the window. From this,
there is a cut to black as the camera is switched off.
There is a jump to a scene of
the students walking into the wooded area. One (the more curious character) has
a drawing book in his hand, filled with all slender man mythology
pictures/drawing/writing. Another character (Protagonist) is carrying the video
camera but he does not believe in the myth at all, is making jokes and making
light of the situation. The other two characters are shown as very
superstitious and wary of the situation and not sure whether to believe or not.
The protagonist builds tension as he constantly makes jokes and tries to show
that the situation is completely stupid and unbelievable.
While in the woods the
students are recording the area looking around to find clues to see if the myth
is true. At the same time, the Curious character with the drawing book has
opening his drawing book in the middle of an opening in the woods and is
flicking through the pages showing all the drawing and images linked with
slender man myth. He gets to the drawing of the symbol and there are drums (non
diegetic), which will create tension. As well as this, there will be jump cuts
between this character, the other students and the camera point of view as It
pans around the wooded area. There will be a mixture of low angle shots and
over the shoulder shots as the curious character starts to draw a cross over
the symbol. Another non diegetic sound of a heart beat gradually getting faster
develops as the two lines of the cross complete and once they are both
finished, the non diegetic sound ceases suddenly.
There is an over the shoulder
shot of the finished symbol and a jump shot to the curious characters face,
which shows his curiosity and anticipation. A hand is put onto this characters
shoulder and there is a loud high pitch sound. One of the superstitious characters
has grabs the curious character on the shoulder and shout at him. Tension
between the characters builds which is shown by fast cuts between extreme close
ups of there face and their body language. There is a medium shot integrated
and some of the characters turn towards the protagonist who is exploring the
trees and is now screaming. In the background you can faintly see a really tall
man in a suit (very blurry – DOF). Then there is a cut to the Camera point of
view as it shows a glimpse of the slender man and the camera is dropped to the
floor. There is a forward track of the camera on the floor. (Motion track video
into camera screen – showing distortion of the camera) Cut to the camera POV on
the floor, which shows the characters running off, turning back occasionally to
look and screaming/shouting. A really long arm/hand drops in front of the
camera and a foot comes down. The film ends with the camera getting distorted
and cutting out.
Characters
Protagonist:
Name: Connor
Age: 15
Gender: Male
Occupation: Student
Appearane/Costume: Casual Clothing (Tracksuit bottoms/Jeans,
Jacket and trainers)
Characteristics: Brave, doesn't believe in mythology, tries
to be funny, a leader
Major Characters:
Name: Aidan
Age: 15
Gender: Male
Occupation: Student
Appearance/Costume: 'Nerdy Clothes,' Glasses, drawing pad
and pencils.
Characteristics: Smart, Wants answers, Fearless, always
thinking of reasonable explanations for everything.
Antagonist:
Name: Slender Man
Age: Unknown
Gender: Male
Occupation: Unknown
Appearance/Costume: Very Tall, Very Slim, Very Long Arms,
Wears business suit, No Face
Characteristics: Scary, Bloodthirsty, Stalker
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